How the hell do you guys get to OP8?

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#10

In UVHM, it’s more important to keep your gear at par with your level. The really nice gear you got from killing the Warrior in TVHM, will feel really weak when you get up to 53 - 54. So it will be RNG that decides just how hard it’s going to be. One full playthrough of the main story and all dlc’s should get you to level 72. Once there, you can start the OP runs. Here it will be even more important to level up your gear. That’s the real issue. One Digi Peak run takes somewhere between 45 - 60 minutes. Having to grind for better gear… :unamused:

Some help from friends is always nice when you want to speed things up a bit.

You don’t have to level up to OP 8. You don’t even have to do the UVHM. The rewards for getting to level 72 is more skill points to make your char more awesome, and getting gear that is unavailable in TVHM. The reward for getting to OP 8… You get to feel like a real Badass.

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#11

I’m 100% positive I did the mission in all three playthroughs. It was there in normal mode, TVHM and UVHM. It’s probably just an error in the wiki.

#12

:expressionless: Sounds more like ‘forgot to update’.

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#13

A good way to level up in UVHM is farming early booses for their legendaries (Hornet, Kerblaster, Bonus Package, Thinderball fists etc

I’m also big fan of Caustic Caverns. You can earn tons of XP in a single run, plus there are plenty of loot chests and the Minecraft Easter egg.

Just keep on grindin’… As for getting to OP8, I totally cheesed before the patch. It’s still possible, but a little trickier.

#14

All missions are available on all playthroughs, even the Digistruct Peak ones (though there you’ll just get XP and the reward(s), but not the OP levels until you’re level 72). Only the loot and the enemies’ health and shields change across the different modes.

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#15

I’ve noticed a few entries that appear to have been written before the second upgrade pack was released and then not updated. I think this is one of those.

#16

The fastest way I have found to level up is to start UVHM, clear the town of Flint’s men’s, turn the quest in to Hammerlock, then do the bullymong quest (which is pretty fast) then save and exit, reset your UVHM playthrough and do those 2 quests again. The XP they give is a lot more than you would get for just killing things. If you feel like your gear is starting to be underleveled, just hop back into TVHM and open the chest a few times. There are no bosses to kill, so you shouldn’t have to do this too often. I got one of my character from 50 to 62 in one afternoon. Over level 60 or so, the difficulty curve starts to level out and it gets easy enough to just go along with the story.

#17

Thanks for the tips. Some are obvious :slight_smile: but some might be good tips.

I actually leveled my one character up playing the bar brawl on normal mode, with the first player being around level 50 with one of those crazy rocket launchers that takes only one hit for most things. Got player 2 up to 40+ within an hour or so, and hit the Torgue tokens limit multiple times.

I’ve plateaued though and it seems like not a lot of people are playing online, or Gearbox’s servers really are messed up. I almost can never find a single game. A couple people added me last night, and I couldn’t even join one of them for some reason. Weak! :stuck_out_tongue:

#18

I just played the game, when UVHM came out I hit 61 just by playing the story and side quests. Then when UVHM2 came out I did petes bar from 61 to 72.

If you have not played UVHM before don’t power level, you have to learn how to play the game or you will most likely just hate UVHM.

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#19

I’ve gone into OP levels solo with 3 classes, plus 2 player with one of my daughters to OP2. Getting to 72 didn’t feel like a long process except for that very last stretch (70-72), where I caught myself watching the bars.

Honestly, a lot of what I did was focus on story quest progression through Tiny Tina’s and Torgue’s DLCs and the main game, farmed current Harold, Bee, and Lascaux every couple of levels, and set things up so that I’d be ready to farm at 72. For example, doing the ‘Cordially Invited’ string gives multiple turn ins for experience, gets you a good holdover weapon (Teapot), and sets up the big ugly varkid for farming so that you can go get a Baby Maker. Similarly, the Clan Wars quest has a lot of turn ins, a lot of killing, and sets up Slagga or Maggie farming for 72.

Mix in a little Legendary Loot Midget farming (for Bone of the Ancients) and Tubby runs in the Dust or Frostburn, and 72 winds up happening kind of on accident.

#20

I feel stupid because most of that sounds like gibberish. :slight_smile: I thought I had some neat weapons at one point and I haven’t seen any of those or even heard of most of those.

I was able to get up to level 54, slowly, by playing UVHM solo and slowly (VERY slowly) and painfully chugging through just the story. It is horribly difficult and time consuming right now.

I’ve gone through Tina and Torgue on normal mode, I’ve done spots on TVHM I believe as well. But there is nothing I can get through those now because at 54 it looks like the only thing you can do is UVHM and DLCs.

#21

Unkempt Harold.
The Bee
The Lascaux
Teapot
Maggie
Slagga
Baby Maker
Bone of the Ancients

Pretty much. TVHM stops at level 50 and the highest gear you can get is ~50, which generally won’t last long in UVHM.

#22

Yeah I heard about the Unkempt Harold and have tried to get one (I wound up with some other neat Torgue deals and I think some random Harolds that weren’t the “amazing” one) and I have a low level Bee, but everything else I’ve never seen or even heard of. I played some multiplayer with some other folks and heard a couple of these mentioned but I think the game just isn’t that popular anymore for big time gamers. :stuck_out_tongue:

At least that’s what it seems like. :slight_smile: Nobody is ever able to play!

#23

What platform are you on?

#24

xbone. started on 360 and moved my game when I was able to get the handsome jack edition on xbone.

#25

Apparently there are some matchmaking issues with The Handsome Collection and Xbox One. I am not sure if the issue also exists on PS4. There are several threads in the forums mentioning matchmaking issues. That probably explains why you don’t seem to find anyone.

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#26

Here’s a trick, sir.

  1. For the Unkempt Harold in UVHM:

  • from the start screen, go into TVHM and farm Pyro Pete’s bar until you get over 613 tokens.

  • save & exit

  • start the Torgue DLC

  • after the opening cut scene, grab a car and drive to the vending machine nearest the starting point. if there isn’t a Harold, save & quit, pop back in and start again.

  • if you are able to play through the “Chop Suey” quest (killing the non-raid version of Pyro Pete), Moxxi will direct you to go to the Badass Crater Bar. Go there.

  • Once you have the Bar unlocked, you can farm the machines faster by saving & exiting at either the Bar or the Beatdown, checking the vendor, then fast traveling to the other, checking the machine, save & exit again, etc. This basically gives you 2 very quick machine checks and cuts the farm time in half.

Not sure if it’s taboo to discuss here or not, but you can also use a second controller to save your tokens after you find an item to try. This allows you to simply zone in to either of these areas any time you level and grab a current level version.

  1. The Bee shield.
  • go to the “unassuming docks”
  • fight your way to the safe area, Flamerock Refuge
  • do the safe, around town type of missions that unlock The Forest
  • follow the trail to Devlin, talk to him, and get the Bloodfruit when he directs you to.
  • after that, have fun farming slow moving trees in a zone where there are at least 5 treants who can drop the Bee. It is very, very rare for me to not get one within 30 minutes of starting my farming.

If you would like, I can write out a more detailed take on how to handle the orc area (especially the Duke of Orc) to make that area easier to farm. If done right, you will have 4 treants in that area alone who can drop the Bee.

#27

I might have to do this. I really, really need (I’ve forgotten the name, the skill where you stay in Decepti0n after killing an enemy), as I’m fine with one enemy, but after that they mob me and down me.

#28

yeah i was having a problem working around those damn orcs. the only worthwhile Bee shield would come from playing UVHM which I have got to that point but then it takes a lot of work just to kill a couple treants due to the orcs messing with me.

#29

To ease the Orc situation:

  1. Pick off the first few with a sniper from the top of the trail that leads into the camp. If you have to, you can retreat back toward the starting area.
  2. After you pick off the first few, go down the path and hug the right side. When you go toward the first big chest, you’ll have an Orc come out of the hut behind you. At worst, you may see about 3 orcs while in this area, all of them coming from distance, so you’ll have time to address them.
  3. From that chest, continue down the right side to where you can only go left. As you turn left, the blood fruit trent area should be ahead and to your right, and the Duke area should be straight ahead and far away. Ease forward until the Duke and the barrel guys come down. Pick off the barrel guys, ignore the Duke, retreat to the top of the path leading toward the camp.
  4. Breathe. Kick off your shoes.
  5. With the Duke active, two large treants and a bunch of little ones will start coming. The two big ones can drop the Bee. The treants and the Duke will start fighting.
  6. Focus on the Duke. Whittle him away while he’s distracted.
  7. After he dies, clearing the camp is a breeze.
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